The pilot episode, directed by Tobe Hooper, begins with Krueger's prosecution on child-murdering charges.

Although the Freddy Krueger character occasionally plays a role in the plot, most of the stories do not involve him directly.

He appears in regular bumper segments, offering ominous or slapstick reactions to the episode's events, culminating in a quick and usually eerie epilogue at the end.

In 2003, Volume 1 (the first 3 episodes) was released on Region 2 DVD in Ireland and the UK, by Warner Home Video.

A notable example is the series finale, "Safe Sex," which had 8 minutes of explicit footage removed.

[5] NBCUniversal's horror-themed cable channel, Chiller, aired monthly marathons of Freddy's Nightmares.

Both seasons were shown consecutively with commercial breaks, but the channel stopped airing the series on March 31, 2011.

[6] In the UK, Sky and Virgin Media customers could watch the entire first series on Zone Horror, airing one episode per night at 8 PM, starting June 8, 2009.

Muir found the series having uninteresting stories and that its production was so low that it appeared to be homemade, and that it wasted the talents of Englund.

[11] The genesis of the series and its impact were later revisited in the 2010 documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, which features interviews with a number of the show's writers, directors and other parties involved like original Elm Street director Wes Craven and New Line producer Bob Shaye.

The Blu-ray release of the documentary includes outtakes from the series as well as footage that was deleted due to it being too graphic for television.